From owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 18:00:03 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECCFCA1C081; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22a.google.com (mail-ig0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA52710A0; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by igbhv6 with SMTP id hv6so65376698igb.0; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:00:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ElCK0reYSjvCImZyq4lfrbFbU0vDjBJYerJae14Aqys=; b=JuLaegxTdjbcMn1DO1qzCReRpgnxD8umT3lxRnSbxjL8+HLeKBmphNG+PrgbxeXd/f +wD9GoJEVhpAq3l06mM92ryCpo4HuYVF8kAo7JGNlj8z4ECjoqXKIjflYOx5mCM1xFUf KU6t2Pw6OSn+FOTbmFoDCdJvFeQI+JmuDL18Vg40NL7F/2cCauIczP9Y+P3n/9xirO1l T303d9VumfhiVb7oHcjIDn5SMKSDtXYdjyW0BZkMbHxOZOrk9KjuD0RRyX57dTZYWA06 dQBjMO+3XKFhRedW0zcetm2J5JBBGpNqHMxqA0/40C3X3FrQbdx4AMa5MxqtjgikOal/ Y2sQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.178.141 with SMTP id cy13mr17064366igc.61.1445536803079; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.46.66 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:00:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> References: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:00:03 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: looking for suggestions for a small router/appliance board/SoC From: Adrian Chadd To: John Nielsen Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:00:04 -0000 hi! The PC engines boards are your best bet to begin with. There's updated ARM hardware from Gateworks but I don't recall if we ever got a port fully working on it. -a On 22 October 2015 at 10:57, John Nielsen wrote: > Hi- > > I=E2=80=99m working on a proof-of-concept for a kind of networking swiss = army knife. Can anyone suggest a board that meets the following requirement= s? CPU arch doesn=E2=80=99t matter as long as it will run FreeBSD (Atom, AR= M, MIPS, etc). > > - Small form factor (SoC, probably) > - Can support at least 2 802.11a/b/g/n adapters, prefer 3 (any combinat= ion of chip-integrated and mini PCI-e slots. Prefer to avoid USB if possibl= e) > - Has or supports at least 2 1GbE ports. Prefer 3-5 ports with switchin= g functionality > - Storage not super constrained. Built-in storage (if any) can be small= (which I=E2=80=99m arbitrarily defining as less than 128MB) if there is al= so an SD card slot or similar. USB storage will do in a pinch. > - Has at least 2 free USB ports after meeting previous requirements > - Serial port or header (or GPIO pins that can be used as one? Not too = familiar with that) > - Low power consumption (within reason taking the above into account) > - Low cost (again, within reason) > > I may just start with a PC Engines apu1d, but if there are boards that ar= e smaller, cheaper, have lower power requirements and/or have integrated wi= fi or switch capabilities I=E2=80=99d like to look in to them as well. > > I know that might be asking a lot, so I=E2=80=99m also open to any sugges= tions that are most of the way there. Thanks! > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"